1950–51 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team

The 1950–51 William & Mary Indians men's basketball team represented the College of William & Mary in intercollegiate basketball during the 1950–51 NCAA men's basketball season. Under the fourth, and final, year of head coach Barney Wilson, the team finished the season 20–11 and 13–6 in the Southern Conference. This was the 46th season of the collegiate basketball program at William & Mary, whose nickname is now the Tribe. William & Mary played its home games at Blow Gymnasium.^[1]

The Indians finished in a tie for 4th place in the conference and qualified as the #4 seed for the 1951 Southern Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, hosted by North Carolina State University at Reynolds Coliseum in Raleigh, North Carolina, where the Indians defeated West Virginia in the quarterfinals before losing against Duke in the semifinals.

After appearances in the Cincinnati Invitational Tournament the previous two seasons, William & Mary did not qualify for a post-season tournament this year. The Indians' next post-season appearance would not come until 1983.

Program notes

This was the third of three consecutive 20-win seasons for William & Mary, all under head coach Barney Wilson. This was the only such streak in program history. The Indians' next 20-win season would not come until 1982–83.
The Indians played four teams for the first time this season: St. John's (NY), Marshall, Louisville, and West Virginia.

Schedule

1950–51 Southern Conference men's basketball standings
v t e	Conf				Overall
Team	W		L	PCT	W		L	PCT
No. 8 North Carolina State †	13	–	1	.929	30	–	7	.811
West Virginia	9	–	3	.750	18	–	9	.667
Clemson	9	–	4	.692	11	–	7	.611
William & Mary	13	–	6	.684	20	–	11	.645
Duke	13	–	6	.684	20	–	13	.606
Virginia Tech	9	–	5	.643	19	–	10	.655
South Carolina	12	–	7	.632	13	–	12	.520
Maryland	11	–	8	.579	15	–	10	.600
North Carolina	9	–	8	.529	12	–	15	.444
Wake Forest	8	–	9	.471	16	–	14	.533
George Washington	8	–	9	.471	12	–	12	.500
Richmond	5	–	10	.333	7	–	14	.333
Washington and Lee	5	–	13	.278	8	–	17	.320
VMI	3	–	11	.214	3	–	18	.143
Davidson	5	–	15	.250	7	–	19	.269
The Citadel	2	–	7	.222	6	–	11	.353
Furman	1	–	13	.071	3	–	20	.130

† Southern Conference Tournament winner Rankings from AP Poll

Date time, TV	Opponent^#	Result	Record	Site city, state
Regular season
12/2/1950*	vs. St. John's (NY)	L 47–63	0–1	Madison Square Garden New York City, NY
12/6/1950*	at Randolph–Macon	W 78–38	1–1	Ashland, VA
12/9/1950	Wake Forest	W 71–49	2–1 (1–0)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
12/11/1950	at Maryland	L 41–48	2–2 (1–1)	Ritchie Coliseum College Park, MD
12/14/1950*	Hampden–Sydney	W 70–46	3–2	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
12/16/1950	Davidson	W 65–49	4–2 (2–1)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
12/19/1950*	at Marshall	W 56–38	5–2	Veterans Memorial Fieldhouse Huntington, WV
12/20/1950*	at Louisville	L 47–70	5–3	Jefferson County Armory Louisville, KY
12/21/1950*	at No. 17 Cincinnati	L 60–89	5–4	Cincinnati Gardens Cincinnati, OH
12/22/1950*	at Morris Harvey	W 55–54	6–4	Charleston, WV
1/6/1951	Washington and Lee	W 76–55	7–4 (3–1)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/8/1951	Furman	W 65–37	8–4 (4–1)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/12/1951	at No. 7 NC State	L 54–61	8–5 (4–2)	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
1/13/1951	at Wake Forest	L 50–72	8–6 (4–3)	Gore Gymnasium Wake Forest, NC
1/15/1951	Duke	W 74–57	9–6 (5–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/17/1951	Washington and Lee	W 73–65	10–6 (6–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1/20/1951	Richmond	W 64–46	11–6 (7–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/2/1951	VPI	W 73–67	12–6 (8–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/3/1951	No. 8 NC State	W 88–78	13–6 (9–3)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/6/1951	at Duke	L 54–61	13–7 (9–4)	Duke Indoor Stadium Durham, NC
2/9/1951	at George Washington	L 62–66	13–8 (9–5)	Washington, DC
2/10/1951	VMI	W 87–67	14–8 (10–5)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/13/1951*	Virginia	W 78–48	15–8	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/17/1951	Maryland	W 55–50	16–8 (11–5)	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
2/19/1951	at VPI	L 77–82	16–9 (11–6)	War Memorial Gymnasium Blacksburg, VA
2/20/1951	at VMI	W 76–43	17–9 (12–6)	Cormack Field House Lexington, VA
2/24/1951	at Richmond	W 76–58	18–9 (13–6)	Grays Armory Richmond, VA
3/6/1951*	at Georgetown	W 75–64	20–10	Uline Arena Washington, DC
3/7/1951*	Villanova	L 59–87	20–11	Blow Gymnasium Williamsburg, VA
1951 Southern Conference Tournament
3/1/1951	vs. (2) West Virginia Quarterfinals	W 88–67	19–9	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
3/3/1951	vs. (5) Duke Semifinals	L 69–71	19–10	Reynolds Coliseum Raleigh, NC
*Non-conference game. ^#Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses.

Source^[2]

References

^ "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2015.
^ "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2015.

[SR-1] "William & Mary season-by-season results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. 2014. Retrieved February 6, 2015.

[2] "2013–14 William & Mary Tribe Men's Basketball Media Guide". Year-by-year records. College of William & Mary. 2013. Retrieved February 3, 2015.

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